“I Know How ‘Scandal’ Will End”: Shonda Rhimes Shares How The Series Will Finish

Shonda Rhimes already has the “Scandal” ending in mind. The TV mogul told NPR she knows how the adventures of Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) will end … but isn’t saying when they will wrap up.

While speaking about the end of “Grey’s Anatomy,” which Rhimes has said she’s planned and then had to plan again because the show keeps going and she’s still interested in the characters, the writer/producer said “Scandal” is a different kind of show and has a set expiration.

“It is very political,” Rhimes said of “Scandal.” “The political landscape on the outside, in the real world, will change — possibly before Scandal is over. But I feel like there is a finite amount of ‘Scandal’ to be told. So I know what the end of ‘Scandal’ will be, and I feel really good about that. And I can see where the end point is. And I don’t think I’m going to change that … I know how long I think it will be. But we’ll see.”